After choosing a big adventure at Lupine's Bar

"What do you think about before you die?"

Before parting, the dead spirit who had stepped into the other side for many years asked him with a smile.

And Oda Sakunosuke failed to give an answer at this time.

He couldn't say it.

What will happen if you say it?

On May 6, 5 years ago, Yokohama, Amusement Park.

"Is this churros? It's my first time eating it."

Mingyin held a chocolate-flavored churros just out of the oven, biting off a piece, it was crunchy.

And Oda made a strawberry flavor that doesn't match his own painting style, with crumbs still sticking to his mouth, and a hairpin with a little chick on the top of his hair, which is fluffy and matches his indifferent The face is super contrasting and cute.

"Isn't this very different from the fritters sold in Chinatown? Why are they called fritters?" Odasaku pointed to the name "Churros".

"do not know."

After Mingyin swallowed, she suddenly thought of something, raised her head slightly, and looked at the face of the red-haired boy who was already a little taller than him.

The man stretched out his thumb with a flat face, and wiped off the debris accidentally stuck on the corner of the other's mouth. It stuck to his finger, moved it to the front of his mouth, and stuck out the tip of his tongue to lick it into his mouth.

He also pouted his mouth.

Then, he licked his fingers again.

The tongue is redder against the pale skin.

Oda Sakuren was stupid.

He thought that he had gotten used to Mingyin's occasional weird words and deeds.

Yes he is too young.

He looked at the one-third of the auspicious fruit he had left, hesitated for a moment, and handed it to Mingyin, hesitant to speak.

"Do you want more? I'll give you the rest."

"...?" Mingyin didn't realize why, and was stunned for a moment, "No, I'll just taste a little...I can't eat too sweet."

"But I don't like too bitter ones. Chocolates are more suitable."

Odasaku memorized this new information.

It is rare for Mingyin to talk about her hobbies.

Walking to the side near the ocean, they all looked up at the Ferris wheel in unison.

"This is the only thing we haven't played before... let's go sit here." Mingyin confirmed the map.

Oda Saku didn't have any objections, just being dragged by Akane into the cockpit.

Mingyin was like a child who was riding a tram for the first time, excitedly half-kneeling on the seat, with her hands pressed against the window, looking at the scenery outside.

Although Odasaku didn't seem like the kind of person who would come to an amusement park by himself, he didn't have that kind of novelty at all.

"Although it's not the first time I've come to an amusement park, it's the first time I've taken rides. It's amazing."

He turned around, sat down on the seat, and looked at the blue sky outside the opposite window.

"I went to Kumamoto a few days ago and met a very interesting kid who was born with powerful spiritual power and could see monsters."

"...I've only seen this kind of person on TV shows, psychics or something... For example, the recent May [-]th lady, seems to be called a 'girl spirit remover', and she will appear on various shows see her."

"Ah, that child... I hope she doesn't encounter any bad things. Her power is too special, and there is no reliable adult who can give her protection."

"No, it should mean that we have already met."

Ming Yin corrected her wording.

"People with psychic abilities, especially those born into ordinary families, have their own misfortunes, and are prone to various psychological distortions."

"However, the child I met, as well as Xiao Yu on May [-]th, are probably of a special type."

"They think that all they meet are gentle people."

Mingyin turned her head and laughed, "Don't you think people are very protective?"

Oda Saku thought for a while, "Are you trying to do something for the child you just mentioned?"

"Hmm... probably want to do something..." He raised his head, looked at the dark roof, slumped on the back of the seat again, and closed his eyes, "but I can't."

"It shouldn't be me."

"It's better that way."

The smiling face was suppressed, making the pure black pupils look a little cold.

At this moment, Odasaku felt that he had seen a little bit of Akine's true face.

He thought, then, let's just take advantage of the victory and pursue it.

"There's no need to keep it all in your heart. If you want to talk about things like frustration, tell me all about it."

Ming Yin looked at him, her eyes widened in surprise.

The world stood still, except for the mechanical sound of the Ferris wheel turning upwards.

"Just for a moment, I feel like you are a bit like Yato," he smiled, "Yato has said such things before."

"...But that person can roughly know what I'm thinking, you are different."

Akine stared straight at Odasaku.

During the silence, some unspoken things almost surfaced, but they were pressed down forcibly, only gurgling bubbles spit out.

"Are you praising me?"

"Yes, accept this compliment."

Odasaku's blue eyes reflected the blue sky, and the thin clouds flowed.

He thought a lot.

Mingyin's affairs, his own affairs.

After all, he couldn't come up with a feasible solution, but he was greedy for a moment and kept silent.

He probably didn't understand Mingyin at all.

It's as if he doesn't know himself at all.

Just when their cockpit was about to turn to the top, Mingyin's voice suddenly rang in their ears.

"Today is the anniversary of my becoming an artifact, the 13th anniversary..." He grinned, eyes half closed, "I have some personal matters to deal with, and I won't be back in a few days... Let's talk to you then, I frustrating words."

"it is good."

But Oda Saku felt that this probably meant refusal.

After getting off the Ferris wheel, Mingyin wanted to find someone to take a group photo for them.

"Leave it to me!" A man in sportswear wearing a peaked cap, mask, and sunglasses volunteered to give a thumbs up.

"You follow me?"

"No, no, nothing, I'm just a passerby."

"Come on, you are Yato. Please be a little more serious about disguise."

"Huh? I don't have such a handsome and elegant name, little brother over there, what do you think?"

Odasaku nodded unconscionably.

In the end, Mr. Passerby, who denied that he was Yato, took the photo for them.

Mingyin forcibly grabbed Odasaku's hand and made a V sign.

"I see a lot of people taking pictures like this."

"yes."

Odasaku easily believed that this outdated pose for taking pictures is popular now.

The photo was taken with Odasaku's mobile phone.

After thinking about it, he went to the store to import it to the computer to wash it out.

"That's right, that's right, I almost forgot, there is one thing I want to hear from you."

Just like ordinary small talk, on the way back to his house with Oda Saku, Akane started a topic by herself.

"Aren't you often able to see your own ways of death through supernatural powers? Regarding this, I have something that I have been curious about for a long time..."

"What do you think about before you die?"

We walked to the front door of the apartment where Odasaku lived.

"Do you think 'ah, I didn't hide this time' or..."

He stopped before the stairs and laughed.

"Would it be like, 'This day has finally come'?"

Odasaku stopped in front of him.

He once heard such a saying that people live to seek salvation for themselves, and they can probably understand this before they die. ①

He walked all the way over his dead body, just breathing, muddling along, never dissatisfied or thinking about this living condition.

Now, Oda Saku felt that he might not have been alive in those days.

until that day.

His life had really begun.

It's still a work in progress.

In this moment, with every breath, every step forward.

When he noticed that Mingyin had appeared near him at some point.

He has never really died, and his not-so-rich imagination can hardly allow him to simulate various scenarios to speculate on his mood.

But if he died suddenly at this moment, he would probably regret it first.

I regret not being able to say that in my heart.

"It's okay if you don't want to say it, just ask casually, and you don't have to come up with an answer."

"Um, sorry."

He chose to remain silent for the time being.

"No, I said something strange..." Mingyin turned around and passed Odasaku.

"See you later."

"See you later."